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TOALL' WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that LJ. D. TIFFT, of Cuyahoga Falls, in the county of Summit', and-State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Bed Bottoms; and I'do hereby declare that the following is a. full and complete'deseription of the same, reference being hud to the accompanying drawings, making a pai-tof this specification, in whichi Figure 1 is a side view.

Figure 2 is atop view.

Figure 3 is a view ofthe under side.

Figure 4 is an endview.-

Like letters of reference refer to like partsin the views.

, This bedstead can be constructed in the ordinary way, with side and end rails-connected together by means of posts, The frame of the bed, consisting of the springs and slats, is divided into two sections, BC; 'the section C', near the foot ofthe bed, being secured in place to the side rails Ii, and the other-section, B', allowed to be raised or lowered, as hereafter described. The springs A are held inplace in theordinary way, the ends .of the .slats resting onv said springs, and a cord, a, passing from one to the other, thus keeping them from moving longitudinally out of place. The two sections referred to are hinged togetherat 0, iig. 2.' D represents a frame hinged 'to the sections B at c, one end resting on a, cross-rail, D', that extends from side to side. On this end of the frame are two springs, one et each side of the bed, on the top of which is secured the slat b. E represents a. roller,the shaft ofjvhich passes through the posts at the end, as shown in figs. 3 and 4, a ratchetwheel, d d', being secured on the' ends of said shaft, which is-operated by means o'f the crank F and pan'ls c. Round this roller or pulley is wound the cord- I, thc other end being secured tothe end of the frame D, as shown in iig. 3. T hus, by means of the crank and cord, the section B of the bod can beraised in Vthe following man'- ner: By turning the crank, the cord is wound round the roller, thusdrawing down that end D ofthe frame D andraising the other, to which the springs A. aro attached. As the frame D is moved up it comes against the section Bof thev bed, and causes it to be raised also, there being a groove, z', cut in the side boards, in which the pin e moves, as indicated by the dotted lines, figs. 1 and 2, so as to guide andsteady -thc frame whilebcing raised, the pawl catching in. the ratchet-wheel when the bed is raised lto thc position desired. In raising this .fr-ame, as described, the head of the person is first raised byfmeans ofthe frame D, the end of that being raised as described, and the shouldcrsa're then raised by the section B', which is raised, as stittcd, by means oi' the crank and frame D.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Ifetters Patent,`is

The combination of sections B C and independent frame D, operated by the cord and pulley, and hinged to section `C, all inthe manner as and for the purpose set forth.

J. D. TIFFT.

Witnesses:

W. HJBURRIDGE, J. HOLMES. 

